Validation of a DNA-based method for identifying Chrysomyinae (Diptera: Calliphoridae) used in a death investigation

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-8

  Wells, Jeffrey D ^a   Williams, Diana W ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b US Army Investigation Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytochrome oxidase; Forensic entomology; Mitochondrial DNA; Phylogeny; Species determination

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DNA MICROARRAY; DNA SEQUENCE; FAMILIA; FLY; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPECIES; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; CANADA; DIPTERA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845722147     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-005-0056-8     Document Type: Article

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